Wrens (Troglodytidae)
Grey-breasted Wood-wren (Henicorhina leucophrys) - HBW 10, p. 441
French: Troglodyte à poitrine grise
German: Einsiedlerzaunkönig
Spanish: Cucarachero Pechigrís
Other common names: Highland Wood-wren
Taxonomy: Troglodytes leucophrys Tschudi, 1844, Montaña del Vitoc, Junín, Peru.
Has been thought to form a superspecies with H. leucosticta, but geographical and altitudinal overlap too extensive to justify such treatment. Possibly involves more than one species; bangsi and anachoreta are separated altitudinally in Santa Marta massif (N Colombia), and brunneiceps appears to have different song type from neighbouring races. Race composita perhaps not distinguishable from castanea. Eighteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mexicana Nelson, 1897 - E Mexico (SE San Luis Potosí S to N Oaxaca).
- minuscula A. R. Phillips, 1966 - W Mexico (SW Jalisco and Michoacán E to W México).
- festiva Nelson, 1903 - SW Mexico from Michoacán S to Guerrero.
- mexicana Nelson, 1897 - E Mexico (SE San Luis Potosí S to N Oaxaca).
- minuscula A. R. Phillips, 1966 - W Mexico (SW Jalisco and Michoacán E to W México).
- festiva Nelson, 1903 - SW Mexico from Michoacán S to Guerrero.
- capitalis Nelson, 1897 - S Mexico (Veracruz and Puebla S to Oaxaca) and W Guatemala.
- castanea Ridgway, 1903 - Atlantic slope of Guatemala.
- composita Griscom, 1932 - N El Salvador, SC highlands of Honduras and adjacent NW Nicaragua.
- collina Bangs, 1902 - C Costa Rica S to E Panama.
- bangsi Ridgway, 1903 - Santa Marta Mts (below 2000 m), in N Colombia.
- anachoreta Bangs, 1899 - upper levels of Santa Marta (2000-4000 m).
- manastarae Aveledo & Ginés, 1952 - Perijá Mts, on N Colombia-Venezuela border.
- sanluisensis Phelps, Sr & Phelps, Jr, 1959 - Sierra de San Luis, in C Falcón (NW Venezuela).
- venezuelensis Hellmayr, 1903 - N Andes and coastal mountains of Venezuela (Lara, Yaracuy, and Carabobo E to Miranda).
- meridana Todd, 1932 - Venezuelan Andes (Trujillo S to N Táchira).
- tamae J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr, 1944 - E Andes of SW Venezuela (SW Táchira) and E slope in Colombia.
- brunneiceps Chapman, 1914 - W Colombia and NW Ecuador.
- leucophrys (Tschudi, 1844) - subtropical zone in Colombia (E slope of W Andes E to W slope of E cordillera), Ecuador (except NW & SW) and Peru.
- hilaris Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 - subtropical zone of SW Ecuador.
- boliviana Todd, 1932 - W Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in the forest floor, briefly shows up (repeated at slow motion) Locality El Valle de Antón, Coclé Province, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 2 years ago 39 sec 4 -
A bird moving rapidly in vegetation, and singing Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Robert Schaefer 2 November 2008 4 years ago 20 sec 3.8 -
in undergrowth Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp anachoreta)
Martin Kennewell 17 May 2012 6 weeks ago 5 sec 3.7 -
A bird moving around in low vegetation. Locality Las Tangaras Nature Reserve, Choco Department, Colombia (ssp brunneiceps)
Keith Blomerley 7 November 2012 21 weeks ago 10 sec 3.7 -
A bird visible at first then mostly concealed in vegetation but still calling. Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp anachoreta)
Keith Blomerley 14 November 2012 21 weeks ago 18 sec 3.2 -
several half speed clips in undergrowth Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp anachoreta)
Martin Kennewell 17 May 2012 6 weeks ago 18 sec 3
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Gray-breasted Wood-wren perched
Locality Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua State, Venezuela
Chris and Megan Perkins 25 November 2008 4 years ago 4.4 -
Photographed near wood pile at 2100m on eastern slope of Western Cordillera
Locality Dapa, Yumbo, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
Peter Franze 18 June 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
Squeezing in the vegetation
Locality Bajos del Toro, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica
Marc FASOL 23 August 2012 23 weeks ago 3.5 -
On a death branch
Locality El Dorado Reserve, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Guy Poisson 1 August 2012 40 weeks ago 3.3 -
in bamboo
Locality Chicaque Natural Park, San Antonio del Tequendama, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 25 December 2011 1 year ago 3 -
An individual responding to playback.
Locality Palmichal, Carabobo State, Venezuela (ssp venezuelensis)
philgunson 5 April 2009 4 years ago 3
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A bird's song.
Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp capitalis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 3 years ago 4.7 -
Song from an individual in the undergrowth Locality Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, Monteverde, Costa Rica
(ssp collina)
Joe Angseesing 30 March 2012 51 weeks ago 3 -
Calls Locality Yacambú National Park, Lara State, Venezuela
Nacho Areta 24 March 2005 3 years ago 3 -
A bird singing.
Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
(ssp capitalis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 3 years ago 3
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